Patents by Inventor Carsten Andersen

Carsten Andersen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20190085268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Chakshusmathi Ghadiyaram, Rajendra Kulothungan Sainathan, Padmavathi Balumuri, Padma Venkatachalam Iyer, Iben Damager, Astrid Munch, Sohel Dalal
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20190024067
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, which variant exhibits altered properties, in particular reduced capability of cleaving a substrate close to the branching point, and improved substrate specificity and/or improved specific activity relative to the parent alpha-amylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Christel Thea Jorgensen, Henrik Bisgaard-Frantzen, Allan Svendsen, Soren Kjaerulff
  • Alpha-amylase variants
    Patent number: 10167458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Svend Kaasgaard, Jens Oebro, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Allan Svendsen, Annette Helle Johansen, Michael Skjoet, Carsten Andersen, Lars Beier, Esben Peter Friis, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Mads Bjoernvad, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Liv Spaanger Christiansen
  • Enzyme Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20180371441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Torsten Bak Regueira, Bitten Plesner, Thomas Holberg Blicher, Anne Dorte Houg, Sofia Arnehed, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Carsten Andersen
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20180312785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Vivek Srivastava, Padmavathi Balumuri, Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, Sohel Dalal
  • Alpha-amylase variants
    Patent number: 10113157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, which variant exhibits altered properties, in particular reduced capability of cleaving a substrate close to the branching point, and improved substrate specificity and/or improved specific activity relative to the parent alpha-amylase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Christel Thea Jorgensen, Henrik Bisgaard-Frantzen, Allan Svendsen, Soren Kjaerulff
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20180273925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Esben Peter Friis, Peter Kamp Hansen, Henrik Friis Madsen, Anders Viksoe Nielsen, Pernille Ollendorf Micheelsen
  • Phytase variants
    Patent number: 10041052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phytase which has at least 74% identity to a phytase derived from Citrobacter braakii and comprises at least one alteration as compared to this phytase. These phytase variants have amended, preferably improved, properties, such as thermostability, temperature profile, pH profile, specific activity, performance in animal feed, reduced protease sensibility, and/or an amended glycosylation pattern. The invention also relates to DNA encoding these phytases, methods of their production, as well as the use thereof, e.g., in animal feed and animal feed additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Leonardo De Maria, Carsten Andersen, Lars Kobberoee Skov, Mikael Blom Soerensen
  • CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AMYLASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20180216039
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cleaning compositions including variants of an alpha-amylase and methods of treating surfaces such as textiles with aqueous liquor including such compositions, especially at low temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Carsten ANDERSEN, Chakshusmathi GHADIYARAM, Padma Venkatachalam IYER, Rajendra Kulothungan SAINATHAN, Iben DAMAGER
  • Beta-glucanase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 10035976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to beta-glucanase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
    Publication number: 20180208916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alpha-amylase variant, comprising a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 59, 129, 177, 179, 208, 212, 220, 224, 254, and 284 of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the variant has at least at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99%, but less than 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, and wherein the variant comprises at least one of the following combination of substitutions: V59A+E129V+K177L+R179E+H208Y+K220P+N224L+Q254S; V59A+E129V+K177L+R179E+Q254S+M284V; or V59A+E129V+K177L+R179E+V212T+Q254S+M284V (using SEQ ID NO: 1 for numbering); and wherein the variants have alpha-amylase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Jameel Shihadeh
  • Alpha-amylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 10017752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Esben Peter Friis, Peter Kamp Hansen, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Anders Viksoee Nielsen, Pernille Ollendorf Micheelsen
  • Tobacco chewing gum formulation
    Patent number: 10015982
    Abstract: A chewing gum formulation including tobacco particles and a gum base, where the gum base includes one or more hydrophobic gum base polymers, and where the tobacco particles are made from tobacco leaves. The amount of tobacco particles is between 0.5 and 30% by weight of the chewing gum formulation, and nicotine is released from the tobacco particles when chewing the chewing gum formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Okono A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS HAVING IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY
    Publication number: 20180142224
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • Alpha-amylase variants with altered properties
    Patent number: 9920307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants (mutants) of polypeptides, in particular Termamyl-like alpha-amylases, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent alpha-amylase: substrate specificity, substrate binding, substrate cleavage pattern, thermal stability, pH/activity profile, pH/stability profile, stability towards oxidation, Ca2+ dependency, specific activity, in particular laundry and dish-wash applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Henrik Oestdal, Jan Peter Skagerlind
  • Alpha-amylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9902946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventor: Carsten Andersen
  • Alpha-amylase Variants With Altered Properties
    Publication number: 20180051268
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants (mutants) of polypeptides, in particular Termamyl-like alpha-amylases, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent alpha-amylase: substrate specificity, substrate binding, substrate cleavage pattern, thermal stability, pH/activity profile, pH/stability profile, stability towards oxidation, Ca2+ dependency, specific activity, in particular laundry and dish-wash applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Henrik Oestdal, Jan Peter Skagerlind
  • DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING PROTEASE AND AMYLASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20180016566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising protease variants and alpha-amylases or variants thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of using the detergent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Miguel Duarte Guilherme Pereira Toscano, Carsten Andersen, Bena-Marie Lue
  • Amylase variants
    Patent number: 9856437
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants (mutants) of polypeptides, in particular Termamyl-like alpha-amylases, which variant has alpha-amylase activity and exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent alpha-amylase: substrate specificity, substrate binding, substrate cleavage pattern, thermal stability, pH/activity profile, pH/stability profile, stability towards oxidation, Ca2+ dependency, specific activity, and solubility, in particular under production conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Andersen, Torben Vedel Borchert, Bjarne Ronfeldt Nielsen
  • AUTOMATIC DISHWASHING DETERGENT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20170321158
    Abstract: Bleach-containing automatic dishwashing cleaning composition including a new amylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Neil Joseph LANT, Philip Frank SOUTER, David John TARBIT, Torsten Bak REGUEIRA, Bitten PLESNER, Thomas Holberg BLICHER, Anne Dorte HOUG, Sofia ARNEHED, Lars Lehmann Hylling CHRISTENSEN, Carsten ANDERSEN, Euan John MAGENNIS